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Audenaert, L.E.G. (author), Van Bremen, L. (author), Hulsinga, D.S. (author)This document describes the design and modification of a Universal Jamming Gripper. On the existing idea is expanded in such a way that it can be used in a low power environment. For the gripper a capacitive sensor is proposed to measure the deformation of the flexible part. This measurement can be used to aid in centring an object in the...bachelor thesis 2015
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Meijer, Jonathan (author), Lei, Q. (author), Wisse, M. (author)This paper identifies high performing motion planners among three manipulators when carrying out grasp executions. Simultaneously, this paper presents useful benchmarking data. Sampling-based motion planners of OMPL available for use in MoveIt! are compared by performing several grasping-related motion planning problems. The performance of the...conference paper 2017
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Kwok, T.H. (author), Wan, W. (author), Pan, J. (author), Wang, C.C. (author), Yuan, J. (author), Harada, K (author), Chen, Y. (author)We present a novel method for caging grasps in this paper by stretching ropes on the surface of a 3D object. Both topology and shape of a model to be grasped has been<br/>considered in our approach. Our algorithm can guarantee generating local minimal rings on every topological branches of a given model with the help of a Reeb graph. Cages and...conference paper 2016
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Follini, Camilla (author), Liu Cheng, Alexander (author), Latorre, Galoget (author), Amores, Luis Freire (author)Scaffolding assembly constitutes a potentially dangerous and time-consuming task within the construction process. In most industrialized nations, said assembly is the process in which most of the causalities of the Construction Industry happen, especially in projects characterized by high complexity and restricted operation space. The...conference paper 2018
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Lei, Q. (author)According to the report by the United Nations in 2015, the global population of older persons aged 60 years or over is predicted to grow to 1.4 billion by 2030. A rapidly aging population poses a challenging problem for human beings, i.e. supply shortage of working-age people. To solve this problem, increasing research efforts are poured into...doctoral thesis 2018
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Zhu, J. (author), Cherubini, Andrea (author), Dune, Claire (author), Navarro-Alarcon, David (author), Alambeigi, Farshid (author), Berenson, Dmitry (author), Ficuciello, Fanny (author), Harada, Kensuke (author), Kober, J. (author), Yuan, Wenzhen (author)Deformable object manipulation (DOM) is an emerging research problem in robotics. The ability to manipulate deformable objects endows robots with higher autonomy and promises new applications in the industrial, services, and health-care sectors. However, compared to rigid object manipulation, the manipulation of deformable objects is...journal article 2022
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van Assenbergh, S.P. (author), Culmone, C. (author), Breedveld, P. (author), Dodou, D. (author)Current surgical grippers rely on friction grip, where normal loads (i.e. pinch forces) are translated into friction forces. Operating errors with surgical grippers are often force-related, including tissue slipping out of the gripper because of too low pinch forces and tissue damaging due to too high pinch forces. Here, we prototyped a...journal article 2021
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Zheng, L. (author), Hamaza, S. (author)Drones have been increasingly used in various domains, including ecological monitoring in forests. However, the endurance and noise of drones have limited their deployment to short flight missions above canopies. To address these limitations, we introduce ALBERO: a framework comprising a mechanical solution and an optimal planner to realise...journal article 2024
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Neven, Job (author)Nowadays, the number of robotic systems grows enormously. In order to execute their task, many of these robots need a fixturing gripper to grasp and hold objects. To reduce the environmental impact, the operational costs, the size of actuators and to improve the uptime of mobile robots, it becomes increasingly important to design robots for a...master thesis 2017
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Konijnenberg, Thom (author)During the transfer of calli in plant regeneration, the repetitive work of pick and placement of calli in new agar is still done by human operators. This process can be automated to eliminate labour-intensive work. The thesis focuses on the development of a robotic gripper to automate the transfer of calli. To be able to grip calli, first its...master thesis 2022
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Aydin, Güven (author)Treatment of prostate cancer can be done by performing brachytherapy, where radioactive seeds are transperineally implanted in the prostate via needles. A known problem during treatments with needles is the risk of targeting errors caused by the deviation of the needle from the planned path in the prostate. One of the main sources of this error...master thesis 2023
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Hester, Thomas (author)This thesis contains the design process of a compliant shape adaptive chicory gripper for robotic sorting processes. The robotic sorting line consists of an input and output conveyor-belt. The input line contains unsorted chicories which are scanned by a robotic vision system. Overhead FlexPicker robots, equipped with chicory grippers, sort the...master thesis 2020
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Verhage, Fabian (author)The Netherlands has a severe shortage of care workers. The shortage is expected to increase in the coming years. Care-robots could provide a solution, by taking work out of the hands of the care workers. The potential utility of the care-robot is dependent on the functionality of the gripper. The goal of this study was to design and develop a...master thesis 2021
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Smit, Neil (author)Fin Ray Effect (FRE) grippers have proven versatile and effective in pick & place automation applications. However, spherical and lateral round objects are still a challenge for the state-of-the-art, as solutions are unstable when placing those objects off-centre from the longitudinal line. Resulting in large and heavy FRE gripper assemblies...master thesis 2022
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Kortman, Vera (author)Gripping slippery, compliant, and irregular tissues during MIS is often challenging using a conventional gripper. A force grip has to compensate for the low friction coefficient between the gripper’s jaws and tissue surface. This study focuses on the development of a suction gripper as an alternative for the well-known tissue gripper. Suction...master thesis 2021
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Wielaard, Bram (author)This thesis describes the process of designing a visual effect to replace the needle indicator of a rattrapante complication. The mechanisms of the chronograph and rattrapante are explained as well as the importance of aesthetics in the luxury watchmaking industry. After establishing a method to determine a feasible design, the criteria that...master thesis 2023
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Thangaraju, Deepakraj (author)To increase the benefit of wind energy, the next generation wind turbines are becoming larger and are moving into deeper waters. This significantly increases the size and weight of the corresponding monopile support structures. In current practice, the majority of monopiles are installed using jack-ups or floating vessels using so-called...master thesis 2021
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Doubrovski, E.L. (author)The initial assignment, as formulated by the Delft Biorobotics Laboratory (DBL) for this graduation project was “Design a personal assistant robot for elderly” During the first phase, the design directions have been explored. This was done by looking into the world of the elderly and into the world of domestic robots. The findings from this...master thesis 2010
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Pijnacker, Joris (author)Because of the increasing e-commerce volume, resulting in increasing demands on the speed of delivery, logistical processes become more and more automated. Order picking is one of the last tasks that is done by humans in warehouses, because humans are flexible with respect to the large variability and changeability in items. However, it is a...master thesis 2018
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Joosen, Max (author)Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a procedure that is used to determine the stage of disease of melanoma patients and determine further treatment. However, the morbidities accompanied with this procedure are not negligible (e.g., wound infection, lymphoedema and seroma). With the goal reduce the incidence of morbidities, this thesis...master thesis 2021